Assistant Department Manager – Med/Surg Peds (Variable, 40)

Manages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, quality improvement.
- Develops implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 - 60+ employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided is in compliance w/ federal, state, local regulatory requirements established departmental policies procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service utilization standards assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care cost effective utilization of services.
- Monitors the allocation utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department employee safety programs, risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required and ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
- 1 year full-time experience in adult telemetry or equivalent in an acute facility withing the past 3 years.
- Previous management experience preferred.